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iPowerShell, that MUST HAVE little iPhone/iPad PowerShell reference is going pro with the release of iPowerShell Pro today. The pro app includes a great many infrastructure changes and feature additions which set it up for major future enhancements as well. Here are just some of the changes/additions to iPowerShell Pro: Initial data can be downloaded from SAPIEN servers Ability to add your own PowerShell Help XML files Ability to add your own aliases PowerShell Twitter feed Swipe cmdlet description screen with 2 fingers to get the next/previous cmdlets alphabetically Lync cmdlets added Sharepoint cmdlets added Dynamic header buttons take you…   More »

Wow! Has another year gone buy already? It seems as if it was only yesterday that I wrote a Welcome 2011 blog post. 2011 saw quite a bit of activity from SAPIEN. New versions of all of our software products were released. Digital download versions of our videos became available. We continued and improved our support for iOS. So what is in store for 2012? Well I can tell you but then I would have to send the SAPIEN minions to do terrible things to you! Just kidding! About the minions... Seriously though, I would not want to ruin any…   More »

This month we are celebrating our 25th year in business and *you* are receiving the gifts! Everything in our online catalog—software, books, DVD, even our fabulous Infiniti pens (as featured in Battlestar Galactica)—is 25% off retail prices. For our silver anniversary, we thought about giving you something made of silver but then we realized that you would probably enjoy upgrading to our 2011 versions and saving some money instead. If you haven’t checked out all the fabulous, new features and tools that our 2011 versions have, you are definitely missing the boat! This would be the perfect time to upgrade.…   More »

Some of you have already noticed that the download for PrimalScript 2011 Studio is no longer available from our download pages and your account page on MySAPIEN. Instead, registered PrimalScript Studio and Universal users see downloads for the individual components of PrimalScript Studio, namely PrimalScript 2011, PrimalForms 2011, PrimalSQL 2011, PrimalXML 2011 and soon ChangeVue 2011. We have decided to no longer use a combined Studio installer because: We can now release service builds for individual applications without waiting for a PrimalScript service build. Users do not have to download the entire package if only one component has changed. Many…   More »

This week, on August 15th, SAPIEN Technologies celebrated its 25th year in business. Yes, 25 years! It is hard for me to believe sometimes that I have spent pretty close to half my lifetime doing something that I love and working with a group of people that never fails to amaze, educate, inspire and entertain me. What a ride it has been! I have been involved in this industry since it was a toddler. I still have "fond" memories of editing files with Edlin under DOS. My first computer was an IBM PC with 2 full height 5.25" floppy drives, 192Kb…   More »

We released our PowerShell Video Training as a download and the response was overwhelming!  Once again, you asked for it, you got it! Our VBScript Video Training set is now available as a download! This is the perfect way to learn VBScript with these self-paced videos.  Each set contains our VBScript 101, VBScript 201, VBScript 301, and full set of Electives!  You can read all about the set at http://sapien.com/training.  Purchase yours today at ScriptingOutpost.com. But that's not all! We put together the Complete PowerShell and VBScript Video Training set as well. If you are ready to dive into all the…   More »

You asked for it, you got it! The complete Windows PowerShell Class-on-Disc set is now available as a download! Are you a beginner? Then your PowerShell learning starts with our Fundamentals class. This self paced learning model is the perfect way to begin. Follow along, take quizzes to advance, and complete the first class confident and ready for our Intermediate course.  The Intermediate video starts where the Fundamental class leaves off. You already have the basics and are ready for the fun stuff. Covering subject such as learning to use PowerShell’s error handling and debugging capabilities, and much more. Once you…   More »

This is your last week to sign up for our New York PowerShell class July 11-14.  Registration is closing July 6, 2011. This is a four day course covering beginning PowerShell through advanced practices. These are some of the topics that will be covered: Running Commands and Using the Pipeline Commands in Detail and Using the Online Help Core Cmdlets: Sorting, Grouping, Comparing, and More Administering Active Directory (in 2003, 2008, and 2008R2+) Working with Background Jobs Windows PowerShell security Basic and Parameterized Scripts Advanced Operations, Dot-Sourcing, and More Utilizing the Underlying .NET Framework Types Debugging Techniques Creating Custom Formatting…   More »

SAPIEN PowerShell live training! Don't be left behind! PowerShell is THE tool for Windows IT today. Plan now for your summer training.  We are offering PowerShell training July 11-14th, in White Plains, NY. Four days of the most current PowerShell training available. Offered in a small classroom setting to maximize your learning experience, this is the training you need to make yourself invaluable at the work place. Don't delay reserving your spot for our comprehensive PowerShell training. To read more visit our training page. If you have any questions contact sales@sapien.com.…   More »

You may have noticed that we recently redesigned our entire web site. Multiple URLs where combined under the www.sapien.com home and we are pretty happy with the result. However, that means that some old blog articles link to pages which no longer exist. The most common question we get is where the Community Tools went and if we no longer provide any free tools. Don't worry, they are still here. You can simply navigate to www.sapien.com,  click on the "Downloads" link on top and sign into our downloads area. Look at the "Free tools" folder and you will find all…   More »